A Stochastic ground-motion model for Switzerland

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-98

  Edwards, Benjamin ^a   Fäh, Donat ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGING EVENTS; DISTANCE METRICS; ERGODICS; FAR-FIELD; FOURIER AMPLITUDE SPECTRA; GROUND MOTION PREDICTION; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION MODELS; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; RESIDUAL ANALYSIS; RESPONSE SPECTRA; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC STATION; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE-SPECIFIC; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND; VELOCITY PROFILES;

EARTHQUAKES; REACTOR CORES; ROCK PRODUCTS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; STOCHASTICITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84872342012     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110331     Document Type: Article

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